diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/__tests__/quoted-status.test.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/__tests__/quoted-status.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..208a913b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/__tests__/quoted-status.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { render, screen, rootState } from '../../jest/test-helpers';
+import { normalizeStatus, normalizeAccount } from '../../normalizers';
+import QuotedStatus from '../quoted-status';
+
+describe('<QuotedStatus />', () => {
+  it('renders content', () => {
+    const account = normalizeAccount({
+      id: '1',
+      acct: 'alex',
+    });
+
+    const status = normalizeStatus({
+      id: '1',
+      account,
+      content: 'hello world',
+      contentHtml: 'hello world',
+    });
+
+    const state = rootState.setIn(['accounts', '1', account]);
+
+    render(<QuotedStatus status={status} />, null, state);
+    screen.getByText(/hello world/i);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('quoted-status')).toHaveTextContent(/hello world/i);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/quoted-status.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/quoted-status.tsx
index 33ce023c4..5d6eb526e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/quoted-status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/quoted-status.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ const QuotedStatus: React.FC<IQuotedStatus> = ({ status, onCancel, compose }) =>
 
   return (
     <Stack
+      data-testid='quoted-status'
       space={2}
       className={classNames('mt-3 p-4 rounded-lg border border-solid border-gray-100 dark:border-slate-700 cursor-pointer', {
         'hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-slate-700': !compose,